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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

A couple of gifts I made for christmas too, and my gifts.

I also made a couple of handmade gifts for christmas too. My son have been wishing for a very special watch for a long time, but as he knew it was too expensive for anyone to give, he instead wished for money as a help to buy it. But I´ve always thought it was sooo boring just to hand over some money, so I had to find a way to hide them, so he wouldn´t know right away, so I made this can with crackers for him for, and then my granddaughter had wished for a very special CD from she was little, but it just couldn´t be found anywhere at all as it´s been out for several years, but then I just luckily ran over the disc in a recyclingstore for almost nothing, so ofcause I grabbed it, but the box for it, was all broken and in pieces, so I went and found another old plain coverbox here and just decorated it. I hope you like, what I did, but see for yourself here okay.

Jeg lavede også et par enkelte hjemmelavede gaver her til jul. Min søn havde længe ønsket sig et specielt ur, men da det er temmelig dyrt, vidste han godt, at ingen gav så dyre gaver, så han havde kun ønsket sig penge til hjælp til at kunne købe det. Men jeg har altid været lidt imod bare at gí penge, da det er så ideforladt og kedeligt bare at stikke nogle penge ud, og så er det det, så jeg måtte jo prøve at finde på en eller anden måde, så vi kunne gemme dem lidt, så han ikke med det samme vidste, hvad det var, så jeg lavede sådan en dåse med nogle knallerter i, hvor pengene var gemt indeni. Og så havde vores barnebarn brændende ønsket sig en CD fra hun var lille, som hun gerne vile há til sine egne børn som nok snart kan dukke op, men selvfølgelig var den udgået for længe siden, og vi kunne bare ikke finde nogen steder, som havde den film mere, men så løb jeg helt tilfældigt over den i en genbrugsforretning, og selvfølgelig snuppede jeg den så, men boksen var fuldstændig ødelagt og helt ubrugelig, så jeg fandt en anden gammel almindelig boks, og så dekorerede den dertil istedet. Jeg håber, I kan lide, hvad jeg lavede, men se for jer selv her okay.

 First I rolled the money up and covered them in foil / Først rullede jeg pengene sammen og ind i noget staniol
 Then I stamped on a piece of cardstock and rolled it around to make it completely round
Så stemplede jeg her på et styykke karton og rullede det omkring,, for at gøre det fuldstændig rundt

  Then I covered that in a piece of white silky paper/ Så blev det rullet ind i et stykke hvidt silkepapir

 And then it was rolled into a piece of black silky paper next
Og så blev det rullet in i et stykke blåt silkepapir også.
 It was taped on the side, but the ends were left, as they were
Det blev tapet på siden, men enderne blev ladt, som de var.
 Then I had stamped a sentiment on another piece of white cardstock
Så havde jeg stemplet et sentiment her på et stykke hvidt karton igen
 And it was just the size as the parcel inside and was rolled around, so both the blue ends were visible
Det var nøjagtigt i samme længde, som pakken indeni, og blev rullet omkring, så de blå ender var synlige.
 Now the ends were twisted around / Nu blev enderne så tvundet helt rundt.
 And a piece of satinribbon were put on both ends with a nice bow
Og så blev der bundet et fint satinbånd om begge ender med en fin sløjfe
 And then added inside the can, I had decorated for the purpose.
Og så blev de puttet ned i den dåse, jeg havde lavet til lejlifheden her.
 This is how the lid looked from a topview, decorated again with recycled poinsettias from old candlewreaths, and a pompon ribbon around the edge of it, and some snowflakes and a small diecut sign too and ofcause some glitter.
Sådan så låget ud fra oven, da det var dekoreret igen med genbrugs julestjerner fra gamle lyskranse, og med et pomponbånd rundt om kanten, og nogle snefnug og et diecut skilt, og selvfølgelig noget glimmer og bling he he.
 And here´s the can, which is actually a recycled can, that he had brought me himself, after he had eaten the waffers in it ha ha. It first had got the leftovers from the fabricpaper from the other box added to it in pieces, and then it was decorated with lots of different diecuts from Marianne Design and some from IO Dies too, and the next pictures just show the can all the way around it turned slightly each time
Og her er så dåsen, som faktisk også er genbrug, endda en som han selv er kommet med, efter han havde spist vaflerne deri ha ha. Først blev den dækket med resterne af det stoflignende papir, fra den anden boks, i små strimler, der blev samlet, og derefter er den bare dekoreret med masser af forskellige diecuts fra Marianne Design og IO Dies, og de næste billder viser bare dåsen hele vejen rundt, let drejet for hvert billede, så I kan se det hele.



 Oh here was also added a snowman charm in a silvercord too. / Åh her er der forresten også sat en snemands charm på med en sølvsnor også.



 Here´s a couple of close ups on some of the details too / og her er et par enkelte tæt på billeder på nogle detaljer også.


 And here you see the can with the lid on, with the pompon ribbon around it.
Og her ser I dåsen med låg på, og hvor I kan se pompon båndet rundt om den.
 And then it was put inside this bag here too with a tag on.
Og så blev den puttet indeni denne gavepose med et tag på.
 And here´s the front of the tag for it./ Og her er så forsiden på det tag, der kom på.
 And here´s one side of the CD box, I made for my granddaughters CD
og her er så den ene side af mit barnebarns CD boks
And here´s the other side of it / Og her er den anden side af den.

That´ll be the last I´ll show you tonight dear friends, as it´s getting late here now, so I better get inside and get a cup of coffee, and then find the bathroom and my bed, before it gets too late, but I´ll see you all again tomorrow, and hopefully then I´ll get to show you my last pictures of my gifts and a couple of candy I´ve won too here for christmas LOL.
Det bli´r det sidste fra mig her iaften kære venner, da tiden løber, så det er vist snart tid til, at jeg kommer in her og får en kop kaffe før jeg finder badeværeleset og så min seng, før det blir for sent, men jeg håber, at jeg kan få de sidste billeder uploadet imorgen  med alle mine fine julegaver og også et par candy´s  som jeg har været så heldig at vinde her til jul.
So Have a great time, until we meet again okay/ Så há en rigtig god dag, til vi ses igen okay
Biiiiiiiiiiiig warm hugs / Knuuuuuuuzer
Maryann

17 comments:

Astrid Maclean said...

Wow, wow, wow, both of these gifts look amzing! That tin is something else, what an incredible gift in itself, - your so is very, very lucky and so much work went into it!! Your grand daughter was lucky too, what a great coincidence that you found the CD and the case is lovely!

Inger Harding said...

Wowwww for en super cool og flott ide med den boksen Maryann!!!
Du er jo bare såååå kreativ!
Nydelig CD eske også!
Ha en fortsatt god og kreativ uke :)

♥ klem, Inger

Dortesjs said...

årh waue hvor er du kreativ de "rullede" er vildt fedt og super ide

Bodil said...

Så flott løsning på pengegaven. Den boksen var nydelig pyntet ♥ det var gaveposen også :)
klem :)

Brenda Brown said...

Well done Maryann for hiding the money in such a great way, I bet both your son and granddaughter were thrilled at what you had done for them. Your tin looks amazing with all that detail on it.
hugs {brenda} x0x

Annette / aka said...

Du har da godt nok været kreativ med de gaver.
De er bare så fine. Især dåsen til din søn: WAU......

Anonymous said...

Love the money wrapped up like a christmas cracker, cute! great job on the tin too!

Gitte said...

Sikke flotte gaveindpakninger du fik lavet. Super fin ide.

My Hyde Away said...

Disse var bare søte! Så utrolig hyggelig med hjemmelagde gaver. Ønsker deg et riktig godt nytt år. Klem

Desire Fourie said...

Beautiful creative gifts. I am sure the recipients are treasuring them.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Beth Norman said...

Your projects are always so neat. You always work "outside the box" and I love it.

Stamping With Bibiana said...

hello maryam:
this is is my first time in your blog...I wanted first to thank you for stopping by to my English blog" stamping with Bibiana" and letting me know that you saw my banner in good condition...as I explained last night I had a very bad experience with it , some "horrible" pictures appeared on top of my banner, today when I opened it they were gone, how weird!!!
anyways, your project of today is loveley, and I hope you can visit each other in the future! hugs from california
bibiana
DTM memory box

Baukje said...

I love the way you hid the money for your son, a terrific project and the movie case for your grand daughter is a winner too.
Hugs...........Baukje

Unknown said...

This is really a great blog and you are such a talented lady Maryann, I love the tin with the money as a gift idea. The tin makes a great keepsake too.
Hugs Shirley from Australia

Unknown said...

Only you could think of these awesome creations My friend...stunning...oh I met Trish yesterday...yay, we had a lovely chat and coffee and it was like we knew each other for years.xx

Ardilla said...

Great work!!! Love that dark blue jar!
Hugs,
Ardilla :)

Diane said...

What a fun and creative idea Maryann for hiding the money.

Hugs diane